Every week… as Friday evening rolls around… I start thinking about the past 5 or so days and what has cemented itself into my consciousness to write about the following morning. Most of the time… I usually know rather quickly because whatever that something is takes up a substantial amount of real estate in my thoughts and easily is chosen to become the subject of this weeks ‘TED Talk’. But this particular week… as I quieted the noise up there in the fun house and began thinking about the last few days… I realized that it was one of those weeks (that I haven’t had in quite some time) where nothing glaring or jarring or mind altering pops up.
I tried to push this ’emptiness’ aside and dig a bit deeper. As I excavated… I stumbled upon an interesting discussion I had on Wednesday about a mosh posh of Ivy League education and crypto-currency and identity theft online scams but not enough meat to hold my attention let alone write about it… so keep diggin’. I thought about the extremely cool vibe that has been taking place in the TV room for the world series games… especially Friday night’s Game 6 (I am writing this Saturday morning prior to Game 7 so positive vibes for a Dodger win tonight)… but I have written about the comradery and “Sports Bar” feel surrounding sporting events before so pass on that. I thought about the lovely conversation that I had with my boys Friday afternoon regarding their Halloween costumes (A K-Pop Demon Slayer and Deadpool) and basketball practices and upcoming musical shows and there is nothing else in the world that fills my soul more than a solid 15 minute conversation with those two dudes these days but I’ll selfishly hold onto that for myself. I thought about how… as I write this… it is November 1st and how insanely fast this year has flown by… genuinely mind blowing. But I have written about the interesting juxtaposition of time seemingly flying by while living behind these gates while simultaneously feeling like I am dog paddling in a vast ocean of it just trying to stay afloat until I reach shore so I’ll leave that subject alone. I thought about a lot of things… which in itself is beautiful and makes me extremely grateful that I have found the space to be able to quiet the noise to allow myself to deeply think. Seems like a funny thing to be thankful for but I can’t overstate the importance of gifting yourself the time to reflect.
And after thinking about all of these ‘things’ and more… I landed on the fact that at the end of the day what I am trying to say is… it has been a “good” prison week over here overall and that’s all there is to it. No extreme highs or extreme lows to discuss… days and nights filled with thoughtful conversations and stressful baseball games… both of which keep me entertained but thankful when they end. And as I mentally wrap up the week… the feeling as I lay my head down at night is gratitude and positively looking forward to the last week of pre-RDAP life and the first week of actual RDAP life following that. So… we cool over here.
Enjoy the time of seemingly benign events that always hold value when you look for it… bank those positive conversations with your kids and loved ones for a later date… be open to conversations that you initially try to weasel your way out of and just try to be grateful for the aspects of life that make you smile out there.
And…. GO DODGERS!
Stay Healthy. Stay Active. Be kind to One Another.